Smoking pipe holder



Unlted States Patent 03,538,923

[72] Inventor Heyward0.1)unham 2,784,887 3/1957 l-labler 131/260X P.O. Box 125, Mooreavllle, Indiana 46158 2,796,068 6/1957 l-lealy 131/260 21 Appl. N0. 760,518 3,162,201 12/1964 Menzie.... 131/186 [22] Filed Sept. 18, 1968 3,189,186 6/1965 Palant l3l/260X [45] Patented Nov. 10, 1970 3,306,308 2/1967 Shanok et a]. 131/260 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,408,351 7/1965 France 131/186 [54] SMOKING PIPE HOLDER OTHER REFERENCES 4Claiml,5DrawlngFlga.

s21 U.S. 131/186, 131/194,131/220 511 1111.01 42419/14, 424113/22 so remorse-r611 131/186, 194,260,220

[56] ReferenoesClted UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,636,378 1/1927 Mallory 131/260 1,904,779 4/1933 Burr 131/260 2,192,569 1 3/1940 Williams... l31/186X 2,288,443 6/1942 FClIOIl 131/260x 2,654,514 10/1953 Jensen l3I/260X Field & Stream Magazine, Page 114, May, 1952; Lucite Pipe Holder" advertisement.

Popular Science Magazine, Page 147, July 1948; Pipe Clip Article.

Primary Examiner-Joseph S. Reich Anorney Woodard, Weikart, Emhardt & Naughton ABSTRACT: Sheet vinyl is formed to provide two pairs of arms, one pair with eyelets and a draw string for attachment to SMOKING mt: nowaa BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Fieldof the Invention This invention relates generally to smoking pipes, and more particularly to a holder or mount enabling a smoker to place his pipe on a conveniently located surface.

2. Description of the Prior Art Magnetic pipe holders are known. Examples are in the following U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,189,186, Palant, June 15, 1965; and 3,306,308, Shanok et al., Feb. 28, 1967.

An additional patent employing a suction cup and a clip for holding pipes is as follows: [1.8. Pat. No. 2,288,443, Felton, June 30, 1942. 1

The devices of the foregoing patents are of limited utility. Among the limitations are the need for an acceptably finished and acceptably oriented supporting surface, bulk, limitations on the type and shape of pipe which can be supported, and expense, to name a few..lt is a purpose of the present invention toavoid these shortcomings, and some particular advantages of the present invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Described briefly, in a typical embodiment of the present in- 'vention, a base strip of a plastic material has at least two arms thereon, useful for attachment of the strip to the bowl and stem of a pipe. A magnet is secured to the base and is disposed to enable mounting the pipe to any ferromagnetic surface which is available.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

FIG. 1 Ba bottom plan view of the pipe holder according to a typical embodiment of the invention and removed from a pipe.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawings in detail, and particularly FIGS. 1 and 4 thereof, the holder of the present invention includes a base strip 11 with a pair of arms 12 and 13 extending laterally therefrom and having eyelets l4 and 16 near their distal ends. Similarly a pair of arms 17 and 18 is located at the other end of the base strip and has eyelets l9and 21 therein.

' This strip and the arms are typically made of one homogene ous piece of sheet polyvinylchloride. This can be in any of a variety of colors and textures and, as shown in FIG. '4, the vinyl sheet 22 has an adhesive backing 23 of the pressure-sensitive type which is normally protected by a protective film 24 which can be peeled away to secure the material to a pipe, if desired. t

A permanent magnet 26 is mounted to the base strip. This can be conveniently done by using the circular disk-type magnet 27 covered by a decorative plastic sheet 28 of a color to match or contrast with that for the base and arms, and having a snap fastener 29 centered thereon (FIG. 2). This is snapped FIG. 2 is a side elevation thereof mounted on a pipe with the onto the mating snap fastener portion 31 on the base strip of the holder.

When the holder is mounted to the pipe 32, the arms 12 and 13 are wrapped around the pipe bowl 33, and a draw string 34 passed through the eyelets 14 and 16 is pulled snug, drawing the ends of the arms toward each other. The string can be tied with a bow knot 36. Similarly, the arms 17 and 18 are drawn toward each other by the draw string 37 which is then tied in a bow 38. The pipe is thereby securely mounted in the holder and, because of the thermal insulating properties of the holder, it serves not only as a utilitarian holder for the pipe, but also as a comfort factor insulating the heated bowl from the fingers of the smoker. It also has a decorative charac-- teristic about it.

In addition to the fact that the holder of the present invention facilitates secure mounting of the pipe to any ferromagnetic surface such as the horizontal surface '39, for example, it should be understood that the surface need not be horizontal. The pipe can also be mounted to vertical or otherwise oriented surfaces with the magnet mounted to the holder as shown. If it is desired to secure the pipe to a vertical surface by means of the magnet 27, the alternate mounting provision afforded by the snap fastener 41 can be utilized. In this instance, the magnet assembly 26 is removed from the fastener 31 and relocated on the side of the arm as shown in the dotted outline in FIG. 3 where the magnet is shown by the dotted outline 26A supporting the unit on a vertical surface 42 designated by the dotted outline. In'this way, the pipe can be full of tobacco and lighted and still mounted on a vertical surface conveniently.

A significant advantage of the present invention is the fact that itpermits the magnetic feature to go with the pipe itself, rather than be a portion of some other entity. FIG. 5 is an extension of the present invention wherein a magnet 43 is mounted directly in the pipe itself for attachment to various ferromagnetic supporting surfaces.

The magnet can be secured in position in the pipe itself by screws, glue, or other means. Although this embodiment of :the invention would most likely need to be incorporated in .pipes by the manufacturer, the previously described embodiment is useful in virtually all pipes already in widespread use.

' It is-easily adapted to manufacture in various sizes, if desired,

for usewith various sizes of pipes. Because of the fact that the material is flexible and stretchable, a certain amount of versatility is built into each unit automatically for accommodation of various sizes of pipes within reasonable limitations.

. Iclaim:

l. A smoking pipe mount comprising:

l a base strip having a first stem receiving arm extending laterally therefrom and flexible for wrapping around a pipe stem, a first bowl receiving arm extending laterally from said strip and flexible for wrapping around a pipe bowl;

attachment means on said base strip and adapted to secure said strip to a supporting surface without fasteners, said attachment means including a magnet; and

a first snap fastener on said base strip and a second snap fastener on said magnet, said fasteners being snapped together to secure said magnet on said base strip.

2. The pipe mount of claim 1 and further comprising a third snap fastener on said bowl receiving arm and adapted to reception of said second snap fastener for relocating said magnet on said mount.

' 3. The pipe mount of claim 1 wherein said base strip and said arms are an integral member of sheet vinyl with pressure sensitive adhesive backing for attachment to a pipe.

4. The pipe mount of claim 3 and further comprising a smoking pipe received in said strip and arms, said bowl receiving arms thermally insulating said bowl from fingers of a pipe smoker. 

